LAWRENCE THOMAS EDWARD (1888-1935) [LAWRENCE D’ARABIE].

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LAWRENCE THOMAS EDWARD (1888-1935) [LAWRENCE D’ARABIE].
Signed autograph letter, signed with his pseudonym « TE Shaw », to an unidentified correspondent, Karachi (India) 5 January 1927; 1 page in-folio, tight script (repair to the lower border); in English. T.E. Lawrence explains to his correspondent that he will never again use the name of Lawrence in public or private. He gives tips and advice concerning writing and the publishing world. Lawrence, using his pseudonym T. E. Shaw, writes (in full): “I have sworn a great oath never to use or countenance the use of the name ‘Lawrence’, as referring to me, again, in public or private. So that would settle the question of my introducing your book, I’m afraid. Of course I write, or rather I try to write, occasionally: unsigned articles, or articles signed by virgin names. They are worth two guineas a thousand words, which I am told is a better rate than usual. They cost me more than that, in trouble, even at my R.A.F. rate of 3/6 a day! And no publisher would be moved to publish your work, because it had an unknown man’s introduction before it
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